"Cloudscape Quadriptych", Contemporary, Porcelain Vases, Ceramic, China Paint2019

Sam Chung lives and works in Tempe, AZ. He is a ceramic artist and Professor of Art at Arizona State University. As a second-generation Korean-American, he explores pottery that reframes historical ceramics from a cross-cultural perspective and explores the metaphorical role of the vessel. In his current work, he references traditional Korean cloud motifs and pottery shapes while juxtaposing past with present through his vivid, graphicly painted imagery. The clouds represent a phenomenon that is constantly in flux and correspond to his own questions of belonging within or outside of a culture. Sam was born and raised in St. Paul, MN and received his BA in studio art from St. Olaf College and his MFA from Arizona State University. He has exhibited his work nationally and internationally at Duane Reed, Harvey Preston (f.k.a. Harvey Meadows) Ann Linnemann Gallery (Denmark), ClayAKAR, Greenwich House Pottery, Sherry Leedy and Lacoste Gallery. Sam’s work is in several permanent collections including The Crocker Art Museum (CA), Icheon World Ceramic Center (Korea), Guldagergaard (Denmark), San Angelo Museum (TX) and Everson Museum of Art (NY). Selected Public Collections Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX The American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark. World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Gyeonggi-do, Korea Arizona State University, Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, AZ Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China Shepparton Art Gallery – La Trobe University. Shepparton, Australia Sky Harbor International Airport, Ceramics Collection, Phoenix, AZ University of Arkansas Fullbright Ceramics Collection, Fayetteville, AR New Orleans Museum of Art (pending), New Orleans, LA “Cloudscape Quadriptych”, Contemporary Porcelain Vase Grouping with China Paint